Torymus sapporoensis Ashmead, 1904

Matsuo, Kazunori, 2010, A redescription of To r y m u s sapporoensis Ashmead and description of a new species of Tory m u s Dalman (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) parasitizing Paratephritis fukaii (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Japan, Zootaxa 2410, pp. 53-58 : 56

Torymus sapporoensis Ashmead, 1904

Figs 9–12

Torymus sapporoensis Ashmead, 1904: 82 –83. Holotype Ƥ, Japan, Hokkaido, Sapporo City (USNM, type no. 7145). Examined.

Redescription of holotype. FEMALE. Body length excluding ovipositor sheath 3.3 mm. Head bluish green. Scape brownish yellow with apical tip darker; pedicel dark brown with greenish tint; all flagellomeres dark brown. Mesosoma bluish green. Wings hyaline. Fore coxa yellowish brown; mid and hind coxa concolorous with mesosoma; all femora and tibiae yellowish brown; claws brown. Metasoma with bluish tint dorsally.

Head 2.1x as wide as long in dorsal view ( Fig. 9 ); temple 0.23x longer than dorsal length of eye, straight; POL 2.3x OOL; OOL 1.2x OD. Head 1.1x as wide as high in frontal view ( Fig. 10 ); eyes separated by their height; malar space 0.31x height of eye; mouth 2.1x malar space; gena straight; torulus situated 1.2x its own diameter above ventral margin of eye; clypeus with apical margin rounded. Antenna ( Fig. 11 ) not clearly clavate; scape 0.67x as long as height of eye, reaching anterior ocellus; combined length of pedicel and all flagellomeres 1.5x width of head; pedicel 1.5x as long as wide; anellus transverse, 1.6x as wide as long; F1 1.6x as long as wide, longer than pedicel; F2–F5 1.6–1.7x longer than wide; F6 1.4x longer than wide; F7 1.2x as long as wide; each segment bearing longitudinal sensilla arranged in two rows; apical clavomere (C3) with a small tuft of micropilosity beneath.

Mesosoma 1.9x as long as wide; mesoscutum with small piliferous punctures; sculpture on mesoscutum in anterior half transversely reticulate, in posterior half scaly reticulate; notaulus complete, shallow; scutellum 1.3x as long as wide, sculptured as posterior part of mesoscutum; dorsellum without median carina; propodeum with superficial striae; lower mesepimeron 1.5x as long as wide. Forewing ( Fig. 12 ) 2.4x as long as wide; costal cell 10x as long as wide, on upper surface with a setal row in distal half, on lower surface with a setal row and scattered setae apically; basal cell closed, with a few setae; speculum open below; relative length of marginal vein: postmarginal vein: stigmal vein = 12.5: 3.0: 1.0; stigmal vein weakly petiolate. Hind coxa 2.0x as long as wide, angulate anteriorly, with dorsal carina at base; dorsal surface of hind coxa with setae in basal half; hind femur 4.8x as long as wide; hind tibia with longer spur 1.5x as long as width of hind tibia, 0.5x length of basitarsus; shorter spur 0.7x length of longer spur.

Metasoma as long as mesosoma; posterior margin of metasomal tergum five emarginate; tip of hypopygium situated at about 0.8 length of metasoma, with short setae; ovipositor sheaths as long as combined length of metasoma plus two-thirds of mesosoma, 2.6x as long as hind tibia.

MALE. Unknown.

Distribution. Japan (Hokkaido).

Host. Unknown.

Figures

FIGURES 9 – 12 Torymus sapporoensis Ashmead (Ƥ). 9, head, dorsal view; 10, head, frontal view; 11, antenna; 12, forewing, upper surface. Scale lines: 0.5 mm.